Management of Common Gastrointestinal Cancers During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Volume Indicators and Case Fatality Rates from LMICs as a Basis for Cancer Care Policy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas S. Ostwal ◽  
Prabhat Bhargava ◽  
Sujay Srinivas ◽  
Sarika Mandavkar ◽  
Poonam Jadhav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Gastrointestinal Cancers ◽  
Care Policy

Informatics and Ovarian Cancer Care

2009 ◽  
pp. 185-261
Author(s):  
Laurie Elit ◽  
Susan Bondy ◽  
Michael Fung-Kee-Fung ◽  
Prafull Ghatage ◽  
Tien Le ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Residual Disease ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
High Resource ◽  
Disease Site ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Administrative Datasets

Ovarian cancer affects 2,400 women annually in Canada with a case fatality ratio of 0.70. There are several practice guidelines that indicate women with early stage ovarian cancer should be appropriately staged including removal of the gynecologic organs, multiple peritoneal biopsies, and pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy. In advanced disease, removing as much disease as possible and leaving less than a centimeter of residual disease in any one area improves overall duration of survival in cohort studies. Single institution studies and now work using administrative datasets in many high resource countries, show that women are not receiving adequate surgical staging or debulking. Cancer Care Ontario has used the RAND approach for defining quality indicators as a step for evaluating quality of care for several cancers including the management of women with ovarian cancer. The difficulty with current administrative datasets in the province is the lack of specific information such as stage, grade, histology, and size of residual disease. In this chapter, we will elaborate on the research that has brought ovarian cancer care to this juncture. We will highlight the importance of gathering information at the point of procedures and specifically in ovarian cancer at the point of the operation. Problems with the operative note and mechanisms to overcome these using templates, checklists, and synoptic notes will be reviewed. We will provide examples of pilot studies in Canada using synoptic operative notes in Cancer Care Alberta and Princess Margaret Hospital. We will also provide examples of computerized data entry across the spectrum of care from three projects in Ontario, Canada. Issues in building a disease site-specific electronic medical record will be discussed. The problems experienced in attempting to generalize such a system provincially will be addressed. We will elaborate on the potential benefits to the individual patient, the hospital and the province from such information system.

Cancer support nurses: a co-ordinating role in cancer care

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
McILLMURRAY ◽  
CUMMINGS ◽  
HOPKINS ◽  
McCANN
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Care ◽  
Cancer Support

199: Correlates of Access to Prostate Cancer Care in a Statewide Public Assistance Program

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 67-67
Author(s):  
David C. Miller ◽  
Laura Baybridge ◽  
Lorna C. Kwan ◽  
Ronald Andersen ◽  
Lillian Gelberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Public Assistance ◽  
Assistance Program

205: Variations in Prostate Cancer Care According to Race, Geographic Region, and Literacy: Initial Findings from the Compare Registry

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 66-67
Author(s):  
Charles L. Bennett ◽  
Oliver Sartor ◽  
Susan Halabi ◽  
Michael W. Kattan ◽  
Peter T. Scardino
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Geographic Region

Fatality of Suicide Attempts in Amsterdam 1996–2005

Crisis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evertjan Jansen ◽  
Marcel C.A. Buster ◽  
Annemarie L. Zuur ◽  
Cees Das
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Wish To Die ◽  
Municipal Health

Background: According to recent figures, Amsterdam is the municipality with the highest absolute number of suicides and the second highest suicide rate in the Netherlands. Aims: The aim of the study was to identify time trends and demographic differences in the occurrence of nonfatal suicide attempts versus suicides. Methods: We used registrations of forensic physicians and ambulance services of the Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam to study 1,004 suicides and 6,166 nonfatal attempts occurring in Amsterdam over the period 1996–2005. Results: The number of nonfatal attempts declined from 1996 to 2005, but the number of completed suicides remained relatively stable. Although case fatality was strongly associated with method used, we also found higher case fatalities for men and older people independent of method. Conclusions: The case fatality results suggest differences in motive among different demographic groups: possibly the wish to die is stronger among men and elderly. This finding had implications for the success to be expected from different preventive measures.

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